Archives for June 1, 2017

Several thousand attend funeral prayers of slain militants in Sopore; Militants offer gun salute

Publish Date: 1-06-17 5:47 PM

Srinagar June 01: Despite ban on internet and cellphone services, several thousand people poured onto streets of Brath Kalan in Sopore when the body of Aijaz Ahmad Mir (21) son of Qayoom Ahmad Mir reached home. Aijaz was one of the two militants killed in a gunfight in Nathipora Sopore on Thursday morning. Wrapped in […]

Anantnag town remembers Irshad, the first victim of pellet guns

Publish Date: 1-06-17 9:05 PM

Anantnag: Each Ramazan since 2010 has been reminding the Parray family of old Eidgah locality in Anantnag town of the devastation brought about by pellet guns. On the evening of August 30, 2010, as the summer uprising was raging on, police fired a cartridge containing scores of pellets at 13-year-old Irshad Ahmad Parray. He succumbed […]

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